John Paul Jones commemoration at Annapolis, April 24, l906.
By: Comp. under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Charles W. Stewart, superintendent Library and Naval War Records.
Contributors: Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929.; United States. Naval War Records Office.
Publisher: U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Jones, John Paul, -- 1747-1792.
Description: John Paul (1747-1792) was born at Arbigland, Scotland. He apprenticed and went to sea on the Friendship. He assumed the name of "Jones" when his brother William Paul "Jones" (d.1772) died and left property to him in North Carolina. He was appointed first of the first lieutenants in the Continental Navy by Congress in 1775. He was the Naval Commander of the Bonhomme Richard in 1780. Admiral John Paul Hones died in Paris at his residence, No. 42 Rue de Tournon. He is remembered as a national hero of the United States.
Notes: Originally published in 1907.

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